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Summary

English: John Fortescue-Aland, Baron Fortescue of Credan. (

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Artist

Engraved by George Vertue, after a portrait painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.



Alternative names	George Virtue; Vertue; G. Vertue; Mr. Vertue; Virtue
Description	British printmaker and antiquarian
Date of birth/death	1684	24 July 1756
Location of birth/death	St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster	London
Work location	Greater London
Authority file	: Q930477 VIAF: 24699291 ISNI: 0000000083653517 ULAN: 500013594 LCCN: n81142223 NLA: 35791538 WorldCat



Alternative names	Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller
Description	German painter, drawer, engraver and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	8 August 1646	7 November 1723
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	between circa 1660 and circa 1723 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685)
Authority file	: Q65317 VIAF: 74127041 ISNI: 0000000081545352 ULAN: 500015875 LCCN: n82103048 NLA: 35216965 WorldCat

Title

English: John Fortescue-Aland, Baron Fortescue of Credan.

Description

English: A line-engraved portrait of John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (7 March 1670 – 19 December 1746), an English lawyer, judge, politician, and writer on English legal and constitutional history.

Date

1750

Medium

line engraving on paper.

Dimensions

Between height: 9.7 in (24.7 cm); width: 6.2 in (15.8 cm) and height: 10.5 in (26.6 cm); width: 7.1 in (18 cm).

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Current location

MacDonnell Collection.
London, England, United Kingdom.

Accession number

NPG D7892.

Object history

1966: Purchased by the gallery as part of a large collection of prints from 20th-century print collector J. H. MacDonnell with the aid of the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust.

Inscriptions

below portrait: "G. Kneller Bar^t. pinx^t. / G. Vertue Sculpt."; caption: "The R^t. Hon^ble. JOHN LORD FORTESCUE / late one of the JUSTICES of the Court / of COMMON PLEAS. L.L.D. F.R.S. / Obijt A^o. 1747 [sic]."; at bottom: "Engrav'd and Sold by G. Vertue. Brownlow Street. 1750."

References

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Source/Photographer

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